BlockGage, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Roundup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59072. It stands on Parrot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Gage quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gage in 2014, burning about 102 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2014 | Natural | 102 acres | Billings Field Office | BENDER ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gage | - | Corn was reported to be flattened. In additiion, 1.11 inches of rain fell in 16 minutes. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gage | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilby Butte Colony | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Roundup | 8.2 miles | 6 | |
| Republic (historical) | 9.2 miles | 6 | |
| Delphia | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Camp Three | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Gibbtown | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Klein | 9.7 miles | 6 | |
| Farralltown | 9.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771672. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.